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Originally Posted by caroline ra  Ive always thought that the type of ppl who would volunteer to moderate a forum might be the very people that shouldnt be doing it. (Present company excepted, naturally) |
The worst moderators I know are moderator volunteers. The thing is, the BEST moderators I know are also volunteers.
What happened to assigned moderators, as in those who didn't really volunteer? They tend to simply not do their job. They're neither very disruptive nor very helpful and have a tendency to disappear.
Serious volunteering to me means having a kind of willingness to do something. Therefore this evolves into a very bad moderator who causes trouble, but it also evolves into a moderator who does his job. Both the good and the bad actions require a willingness to perform them.
To highlight the flipside of your coin, an excellent moderator necessarily has to have a voluntary attitude about him. A designate can also have volunteerism in him.